OLLIE KEARNEY

New York/Portland, OR · 917.733.1694 · oLLIEKEARNEY01@gmail.com

Experience:

  • -Guest Services Representative at OMSI (November 2024 - February 2026)

    - Managed guest inquiries and requests promptly, resolving issues to ensure guest satisfaction
    - Handled cash transactions accurately and securely during check-out process
    - Assisted in managing reservations system, ensuring accuracy of bookings and availability updates
    - Collaborated with other departments such as program sales or exhibition maintenance to fulfill guest needs, special requests, and smooth internal operations
    - Ushered movies with a capacity of 300 guests, effectively and quickly scanned tickets and maintained the cleanliness of the theater
    - Streamlined Lost & Found within the organization and helped redirect used goods to Community-Outreach Non-Profits

  • Gallery Attendant and Intern at Building 5, Portland, OR (October 2023 - July 2024)

    • Install and uninstall exhibitions, including running sound and lighting throughout the course of the show, while simultaneously welcoming in viewers and answering any questions they may have

    • Was a panel member deciding who would be awarded The Ground Beneath Us Residency 2024

    • Organized, curated, and ran Tunnel of Love, an electronic music and visuals show, in February 2024

  • Technology Support Assistant at PNCA, Portland, OR (January 2022 - May 2024)

    • Work with students and faculty to rent out equipment for projects and navigate technical difficulties for urgent thesis deadlines

    • Check inventory and keep records for overdue and reserved items

  • Petition Circulator at Portland Clean Air Fund, Portland, OR (May 2022 - August 2022 and June 2023)

    • Greeted and conversed with passengers on the TriMet Max and collected signatures to booster bills for the ballot for the November 2022 and November 2024 General Elections

  • Workhand at Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR (October 2022)

    • Liaised with clients to give additional information on the work being shown in the gallery

    • Set up and broke down event space for their 40th Anniversary party

  • 8 Ball Community, Nonprofit creative collective, NYC, New York (March 2018- July 2019)

    • Help maintain and organize an archive of over 65,000 zines, including the transition from our old property to our new one

    • Helped run merchandising team by coming up with designs and marketing the products, also help run the activism team by organizing seminars/info sessions/community events

    • Organized, set up, and broke down events ranging from music shows to fundraising events, helping arrange anywhere from 4-12 events a month

  • Erwin Penland, NYC, New York (Summer 2017 and Summer 2018)

    • Sat in on client meetings and took notes on client creative ideas; participated on client calls and gave my input on projects and ad direction

    • Created advertising content (digital content, and early drafts of copy) for the Califia, Denny’s, Men’s Warehouse, and Puma brands

    • Talent recruitment for social media influencers for Puma shoes release event

Education:

  • Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) – Portland, OR (August 2019 - May 2024)

    • Major: General Fine Arts with a concentration in screenprinting and mixed media installation

Exhibitions:

  • BFA Thesis Exhibition, PNCA, Portland, OR (May 2024)

    • A condensed version of my thesis made to be part of a group show for all SP24 BFA Thesis students

  • Fallen Doves, PNCA, Portland, OR (April 2024)

    • Created an interactive installation resembling a 19th/20th century inspired boudoir, based on historical sex workers (from 1830-1940) that informed my queerness.

  • Tunnel of Love, Building Five Gallery, Portland, OR, (February 2024)

    • Organized and curated a live music event showcasing projection/lightshow installs paired with local underground electronic music artists’ sets

  • Hallowed Be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done, Tiny Thumb Gallery, Portland, OR (December 2023 - March 2024)

    • Created and hosted an interactive installation inviting viewers to critic Kaite Berkeley’s book “Pornography and Difference”

  • Pursuit of an Archetype Solo Exhibition, NYC, New York (May 2019)

    • Curated and hosted a solo show on the Lower East Side of NYC that included over 40 original pieces and a selection of prints for sale.

  • NYC Gala Experience Camps, NYC, New York (May 2018)

    • Experience Camps commissioned me to create a special piece that was sold at auction. A donor-funded camp for boys and girls who have lost a parent or sibling to navigate grief and create a peer support group with the common bond of loss- All proceeds went to their charitable programs.

  • SingleFare4 Show, NYC, New York (September 2017)

    • 8 of the 14 pieces I submitted were sold with 40% of the sales donated to charity.